According to Sam

-


For his 5th birthday, Nana made Sam a book called "According to Sam." It is a compilation of my funniest blog posts about Sam.  Finn got a similar book appropriately titled "According to Finn." Sam loved reading According to Finn.  He thought this book was hilarious.  But after a while Sam began to notice that all of the funny stories were about Finn.  He asked, "mom, where are my funny stories."  
Skip forward a few years and its Nana to the rescue.  I was so excited to read Sam his book - I just knew that he would double over in laughter and ask me to read it over and over.  The first few times I read it to him - he thought it was pretty funny.  Then, something changed.  Last week, Finn, Sam and I were sitting on my bed reading "According to Sam."  Will was there too - he was just sound asleep at the foot of the bed.  Finn really enjoyed the book.  He gave the response that I expected to get out of Sam.  After reading half of the book, I noticed that Sam wasn't laughing anymore.  He also starting to shrink into my armpit.  I gave him a kiss on the head and said, "Sam, you are so sweet."  He looked at me and said, "Mom, if that's true why did you spank me."  We had just read the part about me having to come to Sam's school to give him a spanking for misbehaving. Admittedly, this was a rough part of the book.  Sam had a really hard time at preschool during naptime.  So many of the stories waxed poetically about how horrible Sam was. The more we read, the more Finn laughed.   Finally Sam had had enough and yelled "stop laughing at me."  He then buried his head in the pillow (hiding his face in embarrassment).   I felt so sorry for Sam.  He hasn't quite grasped the concept of "laughing with you - not at you."  I did my best to explain to Sam that Finn was laughing at the story and the telling of the story - not at Sam.  

At breakfast the next morning, Sam smiled at me and excitedly said, "MOM! Can we read 'According to Sam' tonight?" 


This a picture of Sam singing, "I Get Down."  It is so funny. He even does his own "beat box" to start the song off. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

-
Image
Today we woke up at 6:30 to prepare for our big day at Universal Studios Islands of Adventure. The shuttle from the hotel left for the park at 8:00 meaning that we had to be downstairs and ready to go at 7:45. At 7:30 we realized that we had to book our spot on the shuttle the night before. Oops. For two people with jobs requiring close attention to detail we completely fall apart in our personal life. Fortunately we were able to purchase a ticket and catch the 8:00 shuttle anyway. The shuttle ride was interesting; we ended up sitting behind a young couple that could have left about 90% of their PDA in their hotel room and it still would have been too much for my taste. When we got to the park we noticed our ticket required that we show I.D. Well, I didn't bring my purse with me. Oops. After reading and rereading the fine print, we lawyerly types figured out an interpretation that would allow me to get into the park without producing photo i.d. We geared up for the fight
Read more

High Ankle Sprain

-
Image
Wednesday night I got a strange phone call from Michael; he asked if I could get an ice pack and a couple ibuprofen ready for him.  Check it out . . .   He went to the doctor Thursday morning and came home with a boot, a pressure sock and a pair of crutches.  Looks like he will be out of commission for approximately two months. 
Read more

Sunday

-
Image
On Sunday morning we slept until 9:30!  Finn was up with the sun, of course, but Sam slept until a little after 9:00. When we got up the sun was shining so we decided to hang the boys gourd bird house from Mr. Gene.  So far we have really enjoyed going to church on Sunday night.  Finn specifically told me that he likes night church better because he can get up and play.  The boys had a pajama party at school today.  It was in honor of Ms. Jenn's last day before maternity leave.  Finn was very excited to show his friends his godzilla feet. Big morning for Finn.  Last night was the first night that we have not put a nighttime pull-up on Finn.  He woke up with a dry bed!
Read more